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Clean Technology

The Dominion Airship is not only revolutionizing the payload capacity of airline freighters, but it is also setting unprecedented clean technology and sustainability standards in the air cargo industry:

The Dominion Airship is designed to carry a heavy payload (170 tonnes*) while using 40 percent less fuel/km than its fixed-wing competitors, the Airbus 380F and Boeing 747-8F.

Because it will be burning 40 percent less fuel than its fixed-wing competitors, it will in turn produce 40 percent less emissions compared to the particulate intense streams emitted from jet engines.

The environmental footprint is considerably smaller than its fixed-wing competitors, as the aircraft has the ability to perform door-to-door transfers by hovering at industrial sites, thus saving land normally needed for runways and airport facilities.

The Dominion Airship flies lower, outside most commercial air corridors. In doing so, its flights are more direct, thus burning less fuel while flying between locations.

Dirigibles use helium for lift (rather than fuel) and are propelled by three, high efficiency turbine engines.

The IREL Group has challenged its executive team to commit to the highest environmental standards and performance as it designs, develops, tests and manufactures the Dominion Airship.

Dominion Airships is committed to building its manufacturing and assembly plant facilities with minimal eco-disturbance. There are no giant buildings required and no vast pavement for runways or aprons.

Dominion Airships is also a clean transportation alternative to shipping, which poses threats to the environment both on inland waterways and on the ocean. These problems come from six major sources:

Routine discharges of oily bilge and ballast water from marine shipping

Dumping of non-biodegradable solid waste into the ocean

Accidental spills of oil, toxics or other cargo or fuel at ports and while underway